Sending Big Hugs

Happy Friday my friends, I'm sharing a card made with products from Simon Says Stamp To Love release using the Falling In Love Stencil, Circle Sentiments stamp set and Exotic Blooms Wafer Dies. You can check out all the products from the release HERE.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4" x 5.1/4", placed on my Simon Says Pawsitively Perfect Craft Tacky Mat, along with the Falling In Love Stencil and ink blended using Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxides and mini round blending tools.

With the stencil still in place, I inked the sentiment stamp from Simon Says Circle Sentiments with Versafine Onyx Black ink and stamped through the stencil repeatedly to create some interest on the background.

I removed the stencil and inked around the edges and lightly over the whole panel with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink.

I used the two hearts from Simon Says Lace Heart to create a frame, die-cut from Distress Watercolor card.

I die-cut Simon Says Exotic Blooms from Distress Watercolor card and coloured with Picked Raspberry/Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide inks and Simon Says Cabbage and Artichoke Pawsitively Saturated Mini Ink Cubes using Simon Says Round Detail Blending Brushes.

I stamped the same sentiment I used on the background on to a scrap of Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Versamark ink, sprinkled with White Detail Embossing Powder, heat set and trimmed around the edges with my trusty Tim Holtz Mini Recoil Snips.

I fixed the Lace Heart Frame in place with Distress Collage Medium and inked through the apertures around the frame with a black marker to make it stand out on the background. I added the Exotic Blooms popped up on 3D foam squares, trimmed the sentiment to fit and also attached with 3D foam squares.

I matted the panel on to Distress Black HeavyStock trimmed 1/8" larger and fixed to an A2 white card blank. To finish I added a bow using Lawn Fawn White Hemp Twine.

Have a great weekend whatever you have planned and good luck, if like me, you are still busy with the last minute Christmas shopping and prep.

Hugs Kath xxx

Thinking Of You This Christmas

Hello my friends, the last Christmas cards rolled off the production line last week and are now in the mail. I'm sharing the cards I made for friends who will be spending this Christmas without their loved ones. I used my favourite snowflakes from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Weathered Winter and Simon Says Stamp Scripty Thinking Of You die from the DieCember release.

I trimmed Neenah Desert Storm cardstock to create 4 - 4.1/2" x 6.1/2" panels, stamped the large snowflake from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Weathered Winter, inked with Versamark ink, sprinkled with White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set.

I stamped a smaller snowflake from the same stamp set, heat set with Gold Embossing Powder and stamped a small snowflake from Simon Says Home For The Holidays, inked with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I die-cut the Simon Says Stamp Scripty Thinking Of You shadow from Distress Watercolor card, placed the word die on top and die-cut again. I fixed to the panels leaving the words in their negative spaces using Distress Collage Medium.

I fixed Simon Says Tear-rific Adhesive sheet to Gold Matte cardstock, die-cut the words, peeled from the adhesive sheet and fixed in place over the original words.

I stamped the sentiment from Simon  Says Holiday Messages on to Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Versamark ink, sprinkled with White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set.

I die-cut the sentiments using Simon Says Stamp Nested Banners and fixed to the panels with Distress Collage Medium. To finish I added shading around the edges of the panels using Scorched Timber Distress Ink and a mini round blending tool and fixed the panels to 5" x 7" white card blanks.

Happy Crafting whatever you're making.

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says - It's A Wrap

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...

IT'S A WRAP

I created a card inspired by the song lyric "brown paper packages tied up with string" using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Forest Floor 2 and Santa Visit stamp sets, Forest Floor 2 co-ordinating dies, Lawn Fawn White Twine and postage stamps from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Postmarked Sticker Book.

I trimmed Distress Kraft HeavyStock to 4" x 5.1/4", stamped the holly image from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Forest Floor 2, inked with Versamark ink on to the panel, sprinkled with Simon Says White Detail embossing powder and heat set. I stamped the calendar image from Santa Visit, inked with Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink and heat embossed with Simon Says Clear embossing powder.

I inked around the edges with Scorched Timber Distress Ink using a tiny blending tool.

I wound Lawn Fawn White Hemp Twine around the panel and added a double bow.

I dipped Peeled Paint and Candied Apple Distress Watercolor Pencils into a jar of water, used to colour the holly image from Forest Floor 2 and stamped on to Distress Watercolor card.

I dried the image and re-stamped using Scorched Timber Distress Ink to re-define the detail.

I die-cut using the co-ordinating Forest Floor 2 dies from Simon Says Stamp and fixed to the panel with 3D foam squares to create dimension. I added the stamps from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Postmarked Sticker Book.

I added 3D foam tape behind the panel, matted on to Simon Says Schoolhouse Red cardstock. trimmed 1/8" larger and fixed to an A2 white card blank.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2pm CET to join in with the chance to win a $25 voucher to spend online at Simon Says Stamp

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Hello my friends, woohoo, another two Christmas cards ticked off the list, created using Simon Says Stamp Home For The Holidays and Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Weathered Winter stamp sets.

I trimmed Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray cardstock to create 2 - 4.3/4" x 6.3/4" panels and stamped the cottage and sentiment from Home For The Holidays inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I stamped the large snowflake from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Weathered Winter, inked with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Simon Says Detail Sparkle embossing powder and heat set. I stamped a small snowflake from Home For The Holidays with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Simon Says White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I coloured the cottage image with Brushed Corduroy, Lumberjack Plaid, Hickory Smoke, Picket Fence, Shabby Shutters and Mowed Lawn Distress Watercolor Pencils. I sprinkled Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel over the panels and heat set from underneath.

I added shading to the snow areas of the image and around the sentiment with the Hickory Distress Watercolor Pencil. I inked around the edges of the panel with Hickory Smoke and Scorched Timber Distress Inks using mini round blending tools.

I stamped the smallest snowflake from Simon Says Home For The Holidays, inked with Scorched Timber Distress Ink, to fill in the blanks.

To finish I matted the panels on to 5" x 7" white card blanks.

Just a few more cards to make and then time to move on to Christmas cooking, woohoo my favourite part of Christmas. Enjoy your weekend and have fun with whatever you are creating.

Hugs Kath xxx

Back To The Christmas To Do List

Hello my friends, I'm back to the Christmas To Do List, to make Christmas Money Pocket cards to pop into the gift bags I made earlier.

I decided to keep with the same theme of using the Tim Holtz Simon Says Stamp DieCember Be Of Good Cheer Santa die and snowflake from Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Winter Wishes Thinlits but make them simpler using an ink blended circle over Simon Says Twinkling Stars embossed background and the same sentiment from Simon Says Christmas Cheer stamp set.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to create 6 - A2 panels and embossed using Simon Says Rainbow Splash Twinkling Stars Embossing Powder. I ink blended a circle on each panel using a mini round blending tool with Rustic Wilderness, Lumberjack Plaid and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide inks, to match the colours I used on the gift bags.

I created my own glitter cardstock by applying a light even coat of Distress Collage Medium on to Distress Watercolor card, sprinkled with Distress Rock Candy and once dry, pressed between two sheets of copy paper, brushed off any excess glitter and die-cut the snowflakes from Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Winter Wishes Thinlits.

I fixed the snowflakes to the centre of each panel using a large 3D foam square which will be hidden by the die-cut Santas and matted the panels on to A2 white card blanks.

I die-cut the Santas from Distress Black HeavyStock and Sizzix Surfacez cardstock.

I assembled the Santas and fixed to the snowflakes with Distress Collage Medium. I painted a thin layer of Ranger Glossy Accents randomly over the white sections of Santa and sprinkled with Distress Rock Candy Glitter. I matted the panels on to A2 white card blanks.

I embossed 2 panels of Distress Watercolor card with Simon Says Rainbow Splash Twinkling Stars Embossing Folder, trimmed into 6 - 4" x 1.2" strips and coloured to match the ink blending on the front of the card. I used a small circle die to cut a notch, fixed the panels in place with thin strips of foam at the bottom and each side and tucked in the Christmas cash.

I stamped the banner and sentiment from Simon Says Christmas Cheer stamp set on to Schoolhouse Red cardstock, inked with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Simon Says White Detail Embossing Powder, heat set and fussy cut using my trusty Tim Holtz Mini Recoil Snips. I popped the sentiments up with 3D foam squares to add dimension. To finish I punched holes through the side of the cards and added twine bows as a closure.

Woohoo, one more task ticked off the Christmas List.

Hugs Kath xxx